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A new study (4 pages, PDF) by the European Interactive Advertising Association indicates that although men continue to spend more time on the Internet than women, the gap is rapidly closing.
March 21, 2006 – National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: A Glimpse of the Legal Background and Recent Amendments “Five statutory provisions vest government agencies responsible for certain foreign intelligence investigations (principally the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]) with authority to issue written commands comparable to administrative subpoenas. These National Security Letters (NSLs) seek …
Press release: “U.S. Joint Forces Command will release on Friday, March 24 an unclassified historical report in book form on the Iraqi view of coalition military operations conducted in Iraq. Conducted by U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Joint Center for Operational Analysis, the Iraqi Perspective Project (IPP) is a research effort focused on coalition military operations …
AP: FEC Won’t Regulate Internet Politics New FEC Rules (96 pages, PDF) Supplement to FEC Rules (13 pages, PDF) Two-Page Summary of FEC Rules (PDF) March 24, 2006 posting, FEC Issues Draft Final Rules on Use of Internet In Connection with Federal Elections
National Military Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (31 pages, PDF)
Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Securing Our Border, Enforcing Our Laws, and Upholding Our Values, Fact sheet released by the White House, March 27, 2006. AP: Senate Panel Approves Immigration Bill S. 2454 – Securing Americas Borders Act – Introduced by Senator Frist, S. 2454 (PCS) is a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to …
Saddam’s Delusions: The View from the Inside, By Kevin Woods, James Lacey, and Williamson Murray, From Foreign Affairs, May/June 2006 “Summary: A special, double-length article from the upcoming May/June issue of Foreign Affairs, presenting key excerpts from the recently declassified book-length report of the USJFCOM Iraqi Perspectives Project.”
03/16/06 Testimony Regarding the 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices; Barry F. Lowenkron, Assistant Secretary; Testimony Before the House International Relations Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations; Washington, DC. State Department’s 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
The Fog of Law: The Need for a Legal Framework for 21st Century Security Policy, Speech to the Council on Foreign Relations by Congresswoman Jane Harman, March 13, 2006.
Global Voices: A country-by-country aggregation of world blogs: Translations of and links to selected postings from blogs around the world. See also A Daily Survey of What the International Online Media Are Saying, by Jefferson Morley.
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Updated March 23, 2006: A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident
